Survival games sorted by release date

Survival games are a recent trend, just take a look at the Steam and GOG catalogues and you'll get the idea. The concept of just surviving the environment wasn't much popular among developers in the past century. Nevertheless, someone decided to take their chances with an original gameplay concept: that's how The Oregon Trail was born.

Most popular survival games

The Oregon Trail

simulationDOS

The Oregon Trail Deluxe

simulationDOS

UnReal World v. 3.20

rpgWindows XP/98/95, Mac

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Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown

DOS19883.8/5 Mindscape

Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games involving survival in a post-apocalyptic environment.
The Oregon Trail

DOS19904.2/5 MECC
The Oregon Trail Deluxe

DOS19924.3/5 MECC
UnReal World v. 3.20

Windows XP/98/95Mac1992freeware4.1/5
Burntime

DOS19934/5 Max Design